CLEARWATER, Florida, April 16. COMPETING in his final meet in the 13-14 age group, Michael Andrew kicked off the NASA Showcase Classic by lowering his 200-yard backstroke national age group record twice.<\/p>\n
In prelims, Andrew posted a 1:44.02, taking more than a second off his previous record of 1:45.13. That was just a warm-up for what would follow in finals, where he broke through the 1:44 barrier with a 1:43.15.<\/p>\n
Comparative splits:<\/b>
\nMichael Andrew, March 9: 24.85, 51.47 (26.62), 1:18.15 (26.68), 1:45.14 (26.99)
\nMichael Andrew, April 16 a.m.: 24.27, 50.62 (26.35), 1:17.65 (27.03), 1:44.02 (26.37)
\nMichael Andrew, April 16 p.m.: 23.81, 49.53 (25.72), 1:16.35 (26.82), 1:43.15 (26.80)<\/p>\n
Though Andrew will be 15 years old on Friday, he\u2019s allowed to continue racing as a 14-year-old that day and Saturday in Florida under meet rules. His 200 back today puts him within three seconds of Ryan Murphy\u2019s 15-16 national age group record of 1:40.90.<\/p>\n
Andrew wasn\u2019t able to lower his national age group record of 19.76 in the 50 free, recording a 19.93 in prelims before dropping a 19.87 in finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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